Health

Worth their weight in gold: biggest losers in Dubai win coins for weight lost

The Middle East is seeing the worst rising weights of obesity in the world: but a new Biggest Loser contest in Dubai, is showing...

‘Arabian Ark’ is saving UAE wildlife from extinction

Oryx, giraffes and cheetahs - species once facing regional extinction - are making a robust reappearance on a desert island off the coast of...

Smoked out ants!

Young men in United Arab Emirates have jumped on a bizarre, and weirdly "green" addiction, passing on cigarettes and sheesha to smoking dead ants to get high. They...

Pesticides kill again, now a Sharjah infant

A newborn baby boy has died and his three-year-old brother is critically ill in hospital after they inhaled a toxic pesticide used in the apartment...

Omani fishermen catch cattle from sunken ship

A cargo ship bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with about 350 cattle on board sank off the south coast of Oman mid-afternoon...

3D-printing with living organisms – snack of tomorrow?

Food designer Chloé Rutzerveld has developed a concept for 3D-printed snacks that sprout plants and mushrooms from edible soil housed within a pastry or...

100% edible coffee cups; tasty, eco-friendly, and straight to your hips

Who says you can't have your cup and eat it too? The maker of those chicken-like products sworn to be "finger-lickin' good" is testing...

Fresh food: United Arab Emirate’s unsustainable obsession

Why did the carrot slap the lettuce? Because it was too fresh. A joke that gains huge laughs in the single-digit age group gets a...

Could test-tube meat be the future of food?

Getting meat without killing animals is a concept that’s fast approaching reality.  Lab-grown, or ‘cultured’, meat could resolve many of the environmental and ethical...

Moroccan marathon is world’s toughest footrace

The toughest foot race on Earth kicks off on April 6th.   It’s a gruelling multi-stage adventure through formidable landscape in one of the world’s...

Palestinians cultivate the West Bank’s first organic mushrooms!

It's been weeks since a Palestinian vegetable vendor from the West Bank town of Jericho last imported mushrooms, selling instead homegrown organic 'shrooms grown for the...

Holy sh*t! Mummies float in Egyptian sewage!

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities reported a new discovery of several Greco-Roman era mummies near Minya in northeastern Egypt, 250 kilometers south of Cairo. The new...

#OnlyInDubai is eating the calories you just burned considered “good health”

Working out with no results? Health professionals in Dubai have a counter-intuitive solution to consider: eat more! So you're trying to make good on your...

Hebrew University and PhytoTech from Australia partner on medical cannabis patch

Everything is coming up green in Israel. At least that's how it seems in the medical cannabis space. We've recently interviewed Dr. Alan...

LaraPharm’s dry-powder inhaler delivers cannabis like a medicine

Since humankind has discovered healing properties of herbs like cannabis, inhalation through smoke has been the delivery method of choice. Smoking cannabis makes the...

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Renewables hit 5,149 GW in 2025 as the world edges away from oil shocks and fossil-fueled conflict

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Renewables hit 5,149 GW in 2025 as the world edges away from oil shocks and fossil-fueled conflict

“In the midst of uncertain time, renewable energy remains consistent and steadfast in its expansion,” said Francesco La Camera, IRENA’s Director-General. “A more decentralised energy system, with a growing share of renewables and more market players, is structurally more resilient.”

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Health insurance is a regulated financial product. Insurers operate under binding contracts, overseen by state insurance commissioners, that legally obligate them to pay claims meeting policy terms. Policyholders who believe a covered claim was wrongfully denied have legal recourse through state regulatory channels.

Zentera drops “ethical wool” claim after peta exposé into zq-certified farms

The New Zealand Merino Company, now rebranded as Zentera, has quietly removed the phrase “world’s leading ethical wool brand” from its website, a notable change that comes after a disturbing investigation by PETA Asia-Pacific into the company’s ZQ-certified wool supply chain, PETA reports to Green Prophet.

Fresh Fava Bean Soup, A Vegan Springtime Recipe

Somehow vegetables with short seasons excite the imagination and appetite more sharply than produce that’s available all year around. Good Middle Eastern cooks have many recipes for delicate fava beans, and this turmeric-fragrant soup is one.

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